CAW yanks support from the NDP - Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service
OTTAWA - Leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers union voted unanimously yesterday to withdraw support from the New Democratic Party, depriving the party of one of its biggest and most influential backers among organized labour.
The union's national executive board backed a resolution to urge "CAW local leadership, staff, CAW members, as well as CAW local unions affiliated to the NDP, to withdraw all support and affiliations from the NDP federally and in all provinces and territories."